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Mercury 3 - Alan Shepard
« dnia: Maj 06, 2016, 02:21 »
Wczoraj minęła 55 rocznica suborbitalnego lotu Alana Sheparda, w kapsule Mercury

http://lk.astronautilus.pl/loty/m3.htm

http://www.space.com/9887-freedom-7-alan-shepard-mercury-flight.html
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« Odpowiedź #1 dnia: Maj 12, 2019, 06:40 »
A za nami już 58. rocznica lotu.
http://lk.astronautilus.pl/loty/m3.htm

05.05.1961 o 14:34:13,48 z wyrzutni LC-5 na Cape Canaveral  została wystrzelona RN Redstone MRLV , która wyniosła na wysokość 187 km statek kosmiczny Mercury 3 Freedom 7  z pierwszym Amerykaninem, który przekroczył linię Kármána.
Lot trwał 15m 22s.

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1961 May 5 - . 14:34 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC5. LV Family: Redstone. Launch Vehicle: Redstone MRLV.

Mercury MR-3 - . Call Sign: Freedom 7. Crew: Shepard. Backup Crew: Grissom. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Grissom, Shepard. Agency: NASA. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Mercury MR-3. Spacecraft: Mercury. Duration: 0.0107 days. Apogee: 187 km (116 mi).

Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr., made the first United States manned space flight in a Mercury spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral atop the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) vehicle. "Freedom 7" completed the suborbital, ballistic flight without incident in this historical first mission of NASA's Project Mercury. Alan Shepard first American in space, less than a month after Gagarin and only on a 15 minute suborbital flight. Only manned flight with original Mercury capsule design (tiny round porthole and periscope a la Vostok). If NASA had not listened to Von Braun, Shepard would have flown on the MR-BD flight of 24 March, beating Gagarin by three weeks and becoming the first man in space (though not in orbit). Shepard's capsule reached an altitude of 115.696 miles, range of 302 miles,and speed of 5,100 miles per hour. He demonstrated control of a vehicle during weightlessness and high G stresses. Recovery operations were perfect; there was no damage to the spacecraft; and Astronaut Shepard was in excellent condition.
http://www.astronautix.com/m/may05.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-Redstone_3

“What a Beautiful View”: Remembering America’s First Man in Space, OTD in 1961
By Ben Evans, on May 5th, 2019


The excited crew of the U.S.S. Lake Champlain watch Shepard’s final seconds of descent. Twelve hundred would crowd the deck to welcome America’s newest hero home. Photo Credit: NASA

Less than 24 hours after Prather’s demise, it was, for Shepard and for America, “a beautiful day”. Twelve hundred sailors crowded the deck of the Lake Champlain, cheering the nation’s newest hero. Freedom 7 would be exhibited at 1961’s Paris Air Show, and the astronaut himself set foot on the deck of the recovery ship as the clock struck 10. Across the nation, the euphoria was electrifying. Floridians cheered, John Glenn jokingly asked for another Redstone to be set up for him, New Hampshire’s governor visited Shepard’s hometown, schools were closed and military aircraft dropped confetti. The astronaut’s proud parents and sister rode in an open-topped convertible, his wife, Louise, chatted to journalists outside her Virginia Beach home and Navy jets spelled the letter “S” in the sky.

For the hero, the first hour back on Earth was spent reliving the 15 minutes in mind-numbing detail for the physicians, the psychologists, the engineers, and the scientists. No, he did not sleep. No, he did not defecate. Yes, there was a noticeable odor in the cabin (urine). The questions seemed unending. He was then flown to Grand Bahama Island for several days of tests. (...)

https://www.americaspace.com/2019/05/05/what-a-beautiful-view-remembering-americas-first-man-in-space-otd-in-1961/
https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=800.msg92529#msg92529
https://twitter.com/spacemen1969/status/1654368577527349248
https://twitter.com/NASAhistory/status/1654478557806993408
https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1654514992769531914
https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1654606905086550016
https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1654625798094049286
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Odp: Mercury 3 - Alan Shepard
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O trudnej drodze powrotu astronauty w kosmos

'It's Been A Long Way': Remembering the Return of the Rookie, 50 Years On
By Ben Evans, on May 13th, 2019

(...) Several astronauts, Cooper included, were vocal in their discomfort at having Shepard train for a lunar landing mission with only a few months’ notice. As a result, on 6 August 1969, NASA announced the crews for Apollo 13 and Apollo 14, scheduled to occur in April and October of the following year; Lovell would command 13 and Shepard would lead 14, affording America’s first man in space additional time to prepare. Joining Shepard would be Stu Roosa as Command Module Pilot (CMP) and Ed Mitchell as Lunar Module Pilot (LMP). Mitchell had previously served with Cooper on the Apollo 10 backup team, whilst Roosa—having turned in a sterling performance in Mission Control during Apollo 9—had seized managers’ attention and admiration. (...)

https://www.americaspace.com/2019/05/13/its-been-a-long-way-remembering-the-return-of-the-rookie-50-years-on/#more-107950
http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum38/HTML/002237.html
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« Odpowiedź #4 dnia: Maj 09, 2023, 08:28 »
62 lata temu, 08.05.1961, prezydent JFK odznaczył astronautę (Distinguished Service Medal).
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On this day in 1961, President John F. Kennedy presented Alan Shepard with @NASA's Distinguished Service Medal after his Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) flight that made him the first American in space.
https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/distinguished-service-medal-nasa-1961-alan-shepard/nasm_A19640048000
https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1655670177764089856


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